Far-right personality Laura Loomer really wants back on Twitter. So much so, she just inadvertently cost herself $125,000 in a failed lawsuit over her Twitter ban. If that wasn’t enough of a self-own, it appears Loomer’s lawsuit was sparked by a prank. The Islamophobic Congressional candidate, who is also banned from platforms such as Clubhouse,…
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Yelp is introducing two new COVID-related profile attributes, the “Proof of vaccination required” and “Staff fully vaccinated” attributes, the company announced Thursday. Users will be able to filter searches using these attributes and the “Proof of vaccination required” attribute will be visible in search results. Image: Yelp. “We’ve put additional safety measures in place to…
In the internet is eating itself news, TikTok is apparently launching a new feature: Stories. Yep, the app that has caused every other social media company to scramble and create short-form video TikTok clones is now copying the last thing those other apps really had going for them. As spotted by social media consultant Matt…
Google is removing the safe browsing signal from the Google page experience update, the company announced. Google said “we recognize that these issues aren’t always within the control of site owners, which is why we’re clarifying that Safe Browsing isn’t used as a ranking signal and won’t feature in the Page Experience report.” As a…
Bing has introduced “Make Every feature Binary” (MEB), a large-scale sparse model that complements its production Transformer models to improve search relevance, the company announced Wednesday. This new technology, which is now running on 100% of Bing searches in all regions and languages, has resulted in a nearly 2% increase in clickthrough rate for the…
TikTokkers rejoice. American Airlines wants you to enjoy your favorite app at 30,000 feet. The airline announced Tuesday that TikTok is now a part of its free inflight entertainment. Passengers now get 30 minutes of free TikTok access on all American Airlines single-aisle planes equipped with Viasat WiFi. While the airline’s library of movies, shows,…
As marketers, we’ve all felt the pressure over the last year to perform in a world that was shaken by COVID-19. Marketing has grown leaps and bounds in just a short time to accommodate this new “remote-first” landscape. So, what is working and what should you be doing? On July 28, I moderated a sponsored…
Search Engine Land’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s search marketer. If you would like to read this before the rest of the internet does, sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox daily. Good morning, Marketers, “are we there yet?” That seems to be…
If you want to get in on the hype of using Strava to track your workouts, but you have concerns about posting your running and biking routes for the whole world to see, fear not because you can make your activities private. Strava is an exercise tracker that doubles as a social media platform. It…